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______ Hexagram Sixty-One:  
       Chung Fu / Inner Truth

The gentle Wind ripples
the Lake's surface:
The Superior Person
finds common ground
between points of contention,
wearing away rigid perspectives
that would lead to fatal error.

Pigs and fishes.
You may cross to the far shore.
Great fortune 
if you stay on course.



Hexagram Sixty-One/Line One:
The wading heron
releases all desire,
so that a passing fish
will reward him with lunch.


Hexagram Sixty-One/Line Two:
A crane calls from the shade
and her young
answer with love.
My cup of life
is filled to the brim.
Come share it with me.


Hexagram Sixty-One/Line Three:
True companions
share their fate.
One beats the drum,
one grows silent.
One weeps,
one sings.


Hexagram Sixty-One/Line Four:
Just before the moon
waxes full,
One horse
breaks from the harness,
and its mate remains.
It is as it should be.


Hexagram Sixty-One/Line Five:
Finding himself,
his serene inner flame
radiates warmth
that draws others near.
He does not Do;
he just Is.


Hexagram Sixty-One/Line Six:
This cock's crow
pierces to Heaven.
A warning best heeded.

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